George Frederick II (;3 May 1678 – 29 March 1703), also called George Frederick the Younger (), was Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach from 6 October 1692 until his death in 1703. He was the third son of John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach by his first wife Joanna Elisabeth of Baden-Durlach. George Frederick succeeded his elder brother Christian Albert as Margrave in 1692. In the War of the Palatinian Succession he fought from 1695 to 1697 as a volunteer in the Imperial Army. During the

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in 1702 he succeeded in taking the fortress Bersello Modena. He was killed at the in 1703, and as he was unmarried,

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passed to his younger half-brother William Frederick.

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* Friedrich II, Georg Friedrich II, Georg House of Hohenzollern Margraves of Brandenburg-Ansbach Generals of the Holy Roman Empire {{Germany-margrave-stub